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UPDATE: Sunrise Highway Reopened Following Garbage Truck Fire

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Crews work to clear Sunrise Highway eastbound between exits 62 and 63 Friday afternoon after a garbage truck caught fire. ALEXA GORMAN

Crews work to clear Sunrise Highway eastbound between exits 62 and 63 Friday afternoon after a garbage truck caught fire. ALEXA GORMAN

Crews work to clear Sunrise Highway eastbound between exits 62 and 63 Friday afternoon after a garbage truck caught fire. ALEXA GORMAN

Crews work to clear Sunrise Highway eastbound between exits 62 and 63 Friday afternoon after a garbage truck caught fire. ALEXA GORMAN

Crews work to clear Sunrise Highway eastbound between exits 62 and 63 Friday afternoon after a garbage truck caught fire. ALEXA GORMAN

Crews work to clear Sunrise Highway eastbound between exits 62 and 63 Friday afternoon after a garbage truck caught fire. ALEXA GORMAN

Crews work to clear Sunrise Highway eastbound between exits 62 and 63 Friday afternoon after a garbage truck caught fire. ALEXA GORMAN

Crews work to clear Sunrise Highway eastbound between exits 62 and 63 Friday afternoon after a garbage truck caught fire. ALEXA GORMAN

authorAlyssa Melillo on Apr 17, 2015
UPDATE: 8:45 p.m. State Troopers said Sunrise Highway has been cleared and reopened after a truck hauling a dumpster caught fire Friday afternoon and blocked both eastbound lanes for more... more

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